Judges 11:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?”
Judges 11:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 11:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 11:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, “What do you have to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?””
Judges 11:12 — World English Bible
Judges 11:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land? ”
Judges 11:12 — American Standard Version
Judges 11:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What--to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.'”
Judges 11:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 11:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight against my land? ”
Judges 11:12 — Darby Translation
Judges 11:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Iphtah sent messengers vnto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to doe with me, that thou art come against me, to fight in my lande?”
Judges 11:12 — Geneva Bible
Judges 11:12 in Context — Judges 11
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
What Does Judges 11:12 Mean?
Judges 11:12 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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